The New Challenges in Records Management: Digitization and Enterprise Content Management Practices

Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate the new challenges on records management especially after the emergence and growth of enterprise content management and digitization practices. At the present time digitization and content management are growing together. Traditionally digitization may be described as the studies on transferring print formats to electronic formats; it also includes the transforming of the unstructured text or images to semi-structured or structured forms. On the other hand enterprise content management is one of the terms used in the context of management of whole institutional information content in integrated structure, and includes document management, records management, Web content and workflow management. In this context digitization and enterprise content management are penetrating into records management practice and directed to the evolution of the area. This study evaluates these conditions and their results.